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the message below was posted to the list by Malcolm Hills.
I have sent him a message requesting that he does not post messages such as
this to the list without first contacting me a gaining my approval, as yet I
have not had a reply.
This site of Mr Hills is proving to be rather controversial and I am aware of
other list administrators who have contacted Mr Hills regarding his postings
to Rootsweb lists and have had extremely rude responses.
I URGE subscribers to the list to consider their options carefully in
relation to anything they may propose to do with Mr Hills site.
A well know and reputable site for posting your surname interests too is ....
http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/SurnamesLists.html
Bright Blessings everyone
Sandie
List Administrator
----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Hills" <associates(a)btinternet.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: UK Surnames List - Web Site
Great News for Genealogy Studies in The United Kingdom
http://www.county-surnames.co.uk/index.mv
The UK Surnames Web site is a Facility for exchanging family
history data. The site currently has in excess of 33000 names
listed from nearly 6000 contributors and is growing daily.
Advantages of this Surnames Listing site over other Surname
Listing Sites:
1. All updates are live - no waiting for the site administrator
to get round to updating it.
2. Contributors are able to completely manage their own entries.
3. The Whole of the UK on one site - no need to manage entries on
multiple lists, it is all in one place and easily grouped by
county and region.
4. All email addresses are hidden. Spammers find it extremely
difficult to "farm" email addresses from this site. Your email
address is secure, and will not be given or sold to any other
party.
5. Search for exact match over entire country, or partial match
for individual counties.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Please note that part of the site facilities are only available
to subscribers, however ALL The County Surname Lists are
available and fully functional FREE OF Charge. The additional
features available to subscribers are enhanced search and ease of
use facilities, and the primary purpose is to help finance the
site whilst still offering the full functionality of the site to
remain free for all - This is the case now and will always
remain so - IT IS NOT MY INTENTION TO EVER REMOVE THE FREE
DATABASES either for contributors, or browsers.
Malcolm Hills
Listers,
having considered a query from on of the list that I administer I thought
perhaps that it was best that I post the text from the Rootsweb page: I have
taken the liberty of assuming that subscribers may not go to the site
themselves to read the text.
http://searches.rootsweb.com/share.html
I suggest that you go to the page and follow the links posted at specific
intervals (links not included here) of the text that might assist you further
in your understanding of Rootsweb functions. Due to the nature of the text
formatting for the mailing list the links will not appear here.
Any further queries regarding Rootsweb policies or functions please contact
me off list.
Thank you ...
Bright Blessings
Sandie
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